Method of making fly front for a garment



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2,810,911 Patented Oct'. 29, 1957 METHOD F MAKING FLY FRONT FOR A GARMENT Angelo M. Itri, Roslndale, Mass.

Application May 10, 1955, Serial No. 507,257

3 Claims. (Cl. 296) This invention relates to garments and more particularly to the method of making a fly front for a garment, such hy front being useful for concealing the buttons and button holes from view in the front of garments such as coats for men, women Iand children.

Fly fronts have been made in various ways, usually by forming each part of half of the y 4front pocket out of two or more separate pieces of material, one of which is a ply of outer garment material and one a ply of a diiierent material which forms one half of the inside face of the pocket. With such a construction each edge of each side of the fly front pocket has a thickness of at least four layers of material and at least two fold lines, so that the aggregate of the two edges of the pocket consists of at east eight layers or plies of material and at least four exposed fold lines. Such construction is complicated and time consuming to make and because there .are two fold lines on each edge of the fly front pocket each edge is bulky and unsightly.

The present invention provides a ily front for garments which is simpler in construction and cheaper and easier to make, which eliminates the use of separate pocket 1ining pieces and which results in a continuous smooth edge for each side of the pocket, and thus a garment having a smoother and more finished appearance.

lt will be apparent from the following description and drawings of a preferred embodiment and method that variations in details of construction and method steps may be employed without departing from the scope of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of the two basic parts for a fly front construction made according to the method of this invention before folding, stitching or adding a lining element, if any;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the assembly formed by superposing the parts of Fig. l with their edges in registry and partially securing them together;

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the parts after they have been turned and an additional securing step has been performed;

Fig. 4 is a perspective of the completed fly front;

Fig. 5 is a section on the lines 5 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a section on the lines 6 6 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a section on the lines 7 7 of Fig. 4.

The piece of fabric 10 forms the outer ply of one side of the front of the coat and has a linear edge 11 and an integral pocket extension ply 12. Another piece of fabric forms the inner ply of one side of the front of the garment and it has a linear edge 16 and a pocket extension ply 17. A fly front embodying this invention may be made of these two pieces 10 and 15, although if desired one or more lining pieces may be added Without departing from the invention.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 5, to fabricate the garment, the inner ply 15 is first superposed upon the outer ply 10 with their respective edges 11 and 16 and the edge portions of the pocket extension plies 12 and 17 substantially in registry. A first line of stitching 20 is then formed through the parts securing the pieces together adjacent to the edges 11 and 16 and along the bases of the extension plies 12 and 17. The tack stitches 21 and 22 are made ad jacent to the upper and `lower ends of the pocket exten, sion plies 12 and 17 when the .line of stitching 20 is formed. The line of stitches 33 may then be formed adjacent to the top edges of the plies 12 and 17 to secure such edges together.

The assembly is then turned inside out to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 6, 4thus forming a fold line 25 between the outer ply 10 and its extension ply 12 adjacent to the line of stitches 20 and a corresponding fold line 26 between the inner ply 15 and its extension ply 17, said fold lines being substantially in registry (Fig. 6). This also conceals the line of stitching 20 throughout the lengths of the registering edges of the parts 10 and 15.

If desired the parts may then be basted together to hold them in position relative to fold lines 25 and 26.

The inner ply 15 is then moved outwardly out of the way and the second line of stitching 30 is formed to secure the turned-in edges of the pocket extension plies 12 and 17 together and also preferably to secure them to the outer ply 1i). Both for structural and decorative purposes, the line of stitching Sti may extend downwardly across the lower curved ends of the pocket extension plies as shown at 31 and thus to secure these lower ends together and also to secure them to the outer ply 10.

At this stage, since the stitching 20 extends adjacent to the fold lines 25 and 26 of the fly front pocket, the pocket is completely closed, and this provides reinforcing to hold the parts while the fold lines 25 and 26 are pressed so `as to form smooth and continuous edges.

The line of stitching 29 is now cut out or removed for the distance between the tacking stitches 21 and 22 and this forms an opening for the pocket the interior of which is formed by the plies 12 and 17 (see Figs. 4 and 7). One or more buttonholes 35 are then formed and the fly front is complete, unless a subsequent pressing step is desired.

lf desired, one or more reinforcing or lining pieces may be added at a convenient stage in construction, preferably before the line of stitching 20 is formed.

Either the pocket extension ply 17 on the inner ply or the extension ply 12 on the outer ply may be made of a separate piece of cheaper fabric stitched or otherwise secured to its main ply 15 or 10 if desired, but that will result in a garment having more plies of fabric on one edge of the pocket.

It will be apparent to persons skilled in the art that a y front construction made according to this invention may be made from only two pieces of fabric if desired and which provides a pocket having at least one edge of its opening which is formed by but one continuous fold line of fabric, thus eliminating the use of one or more separate pocket pieces. It will also be obvious that the method of this invention is simpler and cheaper than prior methods.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that the present invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

l. Method of forming a fly front for a garment from outer and inner plies having front edges which are correspondingly shaped, each of said outer and inner plies having a pocket extension ply corresponding in shape to the pocket extension ply of the other of said outer and inner plies and at least one of which pocket extension plies is integral with one of said inner ply and said outer ply, comprising superposing ply with their front edges substantially in registry and with the edges of the extension plies substantially in reg'- Vistry, securing the outer and inner plies together by stitching aA line of stitchesl which extends adjacent'to the front edgeslof'therrouter and inner pliesand along the bases of the extension plies, stitching a first series of tacking stitches 'transversely of said line of stitches oppositel the upper endsr'of said pocket extension plies, stitching a second series of tacking stitches transversely of said Y line of stitches opposite the lower ends ofrsaid pocket extension plies, folding the plies substantially at said line of stitches -to form two registering fold lines, Vthe rst between the outer ply and its pocket extension ply and the second between the inner ply and its pocket extension ply, securing the inner edges of the pocket extension plies together and Yremoving stitches from said line of stitches lat the locality between the upper and lower ends of the pocket lthe inner ply on the outer Vextension plies to forman opening Ytor the pocket of the `yV front. Y

2. The method of claimrl wherein the step of securing the inner edges of the pocket extension plies together is performed by stitching them together and at the same time stitching them to the outer ply.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the lower edgesV of the pocket extension plies are stitched together and to the outer plyy by the same stitching operation.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Y 1,472,340 Phelan 1 1 oct. 30, 1923 2,489,053 Y SpEarrin NOV. 22, 1949 2,672,615 Itri .f Mar. 23, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS 709,878 GreafBritain June 2, 1954 

